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joe biden. mr. vice president, you have been an extraordinary leader of this nation and a true partner to our president these passed for years. you play many roles -- advisor, at the cat, implement your, persuader -- advisor, advocate, implementer, persuader, strategist, and most important of all, friend. we are confident that is unique partnership between you and our great president will grow stronger and more productive over the next four years. mr. vice president, on the surface, we don't share a common ancestry, but on a deeper level, we do share a common story. an american story, of achieving our dreams thanks to the sacrifice of our immigrant for ebears. as you embark on europe will deserve a second term, in the spirit of those who came before us -- your well-deserved the interim, in the spirit of those seeking before us and all americans, we offer our support and warmest wishes, and we say salud, andhaim, cheers to our great vice president. and all thoseent, at a in and assembled, i alway
joe biden. mr. vice president, you have been an extraordinary leader of this nation and a true partner to our president these passed for years. you play many roles -- advisor, at the cat, implement your, persuader -- advisor, advocate, implementer, persuader, strategist, and most important of all, friend. we are confident that is unique partnership between you and our great president will grow stronger and more productive over the next four years. mr. vice president, on the surface, we don't...
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vice president joe biden is working on recommendations on gun control. and that's going to be a tough uphill climb because if you -- you have to move kickly, there's some democrats who don't want gun control, obviously, the tragedy in connecticut is pushing this thing, president obama who pushed for a ban of the assault weapons in his first term but did nothing to push congress on it. now he's saying, he's changed his tune a little bit. he got an f from a gun control group a couple of years ago, the brady campaign were upset then. but you have to move that quickly. how much he talks about gun control in his first address tonk -- address to congress is going to be fascinating. but immigration, he wants some energy legislation, we saw that debate poisoned by climate control, republicans, that's a nonstarter for them. now i think there's more ground in the senate, senator widen, -- senator wyden, senator morgan, they have good working relationships, they may get something done. host: as we continue here on capitol hill, those are the issues on the table for
vice president joe biden is working on recommendations on gun control. and that's going to be a tough uphill climb because if you -- you have to move kickly, there's some democrats who don't want gun control, obviously, the tragedy in connecticut is pushing this thing, president obama who pushed for a ban of the assault weapons in his first term but did nothing to push congress on it. now he's saying, he's changed his tune a little bit. he got an f from a gun control group a couple of years...
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joe biden is meeting with house democrats. the vast majority of them seem ready to support the measure making its way through the house. with the new congress coming in on thursday, if the measure is not passed within that time, it will have to be completely reintroduced in the new congress. republicans are said to me in about five minutes to continue a discussion about whether or not to support the measure that was sent to them by the senate in the early morning hours. some tweaks coming from reporters in the halls of the capital. the political wire says democratic leaders say they will not take up a bill if it is amended by house republicans. "we are done. " a retweet from joe biden says "i think we are going to be fine." a number of different views and issues depending on which party is talking about the fiscal clef. we are going to, of course, keep you updated on the c-span network. in the meantime, take a look back at what senator dick durbin had to say earlier today from the senate floor. >> it was after 2:00 a.m. this m
joe biden is meeting with house democrats. the vast majority of them seem ready to support the measure making its way through the house. with the new congress coming in on thursday, if the measure is not passed within that time, it will have to be completely reintroduced in the new congress. republicans are said to me in about five minutes to continue a discussion about whether or not to support the measure that was sent to them by the senate in the early morning hours. some tweaks coming from...
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meanwhile, joe biden, the first of two meetings with victims' groups and gun safety organizations. the attorney general also at today's meetings. they're expected to meet with the national rifle association, walmart, and other groups. vice president biden has some comments for reporters. >> on behalf of the attorney general and the president and i, thank you for taking the time. this is important work. we have a lot of work to be done and i know that several of you around the table have lost loved ones or have been the victims of gun violence yourself. now, it has been almost four weeks now since the tragedy in connecticut. i have been doing this a long time. of all the tragic events i -- we haven't heard, i do not think anything has touched the heart of the american people so profoundly as saying those young children being shot and a riddled with bullets. every once in awhile there is something that weakens the conscience of the country. that tragic event did it in a way like nothing i have seen in my career. so, we are here today. it requires immediate action. the president and i
meanwhile, joe biden, the first of two meetings with victims' groups and gun safety organizations. the attorney general also at today's meetings. they're expected to meet with the national rifle association, walmart, and other groups. vice president biden has some comments for reporters. >> on behalf of the attorney general and the president and i, thank you for taking the time. this is important work. we have a lot of work to be done and i know that several of you around the table have...
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joe biden is meeting with house democrats. we are waiting for house democrats to come to the microphone here on capitol hill. in the meantime, we will go back to all of you. marissa in roseville, calif., democratic caller, go ahead. caller: thank you. i do agree with so many of the callers, be they democrat or republican. the bottom-line issue on his particular bill has to do with compromise. i am a senior. do i want my social security to be decreased? absolutely not, but i'm willing to give up a little bit because we all have to give up a little bit as americans. and i'm not happy with the fact that it is $250,000 or more. those who are making $250,000, that is a lot of money. they are kind of rich. but ok, i'm willing to go to $400,000 because it is about compromise. and we have to remind people that we did not get into this fix in the last two years, for years. we got into this fix in the last 30 years. we have two wars that were unpaid for. in order to pay for things, we need to increase revenue. the wars were there. they
joe biden is meeting with house democrats. we are waiting for house democrats to come to the microphone here on capitol hill. in the meantime, we will go back to all of you. marissa in roseville, calif., democratic caller, go ahead. caller: thank you. i do agree with so many of the callers, be they democrat or republican. the bottom-line issue on his particular bill has to do with compromise. i am a senior. do i want my social security to be decreased? absolutely not, but i'm willing to give up...
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joe biden came to the senate the same year i came in as a staff member. he was 29 years old at the time. we are roughly the same age. he had to wait a few months to be sworn in because he was too young under the constitution to be a united states senator. >host: this is the scene yesterday at the mock the swearing in. guest: i leaned over to him and said "thank you for what you did over the weekend." i think he was the indispensable man over the weekend to bring these discussions to fruition. that was my comments. he is a gregarious guy. it goes back to what i said at the beginning -- the fact that he was able to step in and complete those negotiations was in large measure based on his relationship with mitch mcconnell going back 25 or 30 years. i think that is so important to get things done. host: what a crowd you had. how many can for your swearing index guest: i've got two grandchildren and three of my five children and mary's brothers -- we had the whole gang. host: is that and aunt that he was talking to? guest: he was definitely working the crowd.
joe biden came to the senate the same year i came in as a staff member. he was 29 years old at the time. we are roughly the same age. he had to wait a few months to be sworn in because he was too young under the constitution to be a united states senator. >host: this is the scene yesterday at the mock the swearing in. guest: i leaned over to him and said "thank you for what you did over the weekend." i think he was the indispensable man over the weekend to bring these discussions...
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while we wait for vice president joe biden we will go back to the issue of reducing gun violence in a round table discussion from this morning's "washington journal." host: this morning we've been talking with gun owners and getting their views on what the president had to say. what do you think of the proposals that the president made yesterday? guest: i think they're very encouraging. they're historic, really. and i think they can make great strides in reducing gun violence in america and they also are completely compatible with the second amendment so i think that law-abiding gun owners should be happy with them. these are restrictions that will keep guns out of the hands of the bad guys while allowing law-abiding citizens to get their guns and it will reduce crime. host: how will these proposals keep guns out of the hands of bad guys? in your view. what specifically will do that? guest: to begin, universal background checks. current law only requires that background checks be performed by licensed gun dealers. at least 40% of gun sales take place by private sellers without any bac
while we wait for vice president joe biden we will go back to the issue of reducing gun violence in a round table discussion from this morning's "washington journal." host: this morning we've been talking with gun owners and getting their views on what the president had to say. what do you think of the proposals that the president made yesterday? guest: i think they're very encouraging. they're historic, really. and i think they can make great strides in reducing gun violence in...
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i'm a great admirer of joe biden. friend has -- [unintelligible] irish poets. >> let me go to charlie cook. am i handing out the microphones or is someone running mics around? joanna? is somebody running them around? no, i guess i am. >> in honoring chairman dingell's longevity because that is easier to measure. but he's had a greater impact on war legislation than any member in congress in history. the story that may kids love hearing and more people can relate to, tell us about december 1941. your role. >> i had a little bit to do of theservation history. remember on the 7, the japanese bombed pearl harbor and sank every battleship we had or seriously damaged every battleship we had. we thought the united states could lose that war. i was a page, and becausei was a senior so i was given the responsibility of taking care of the media and he was a conservative newscaster. he was up in the gallery with an old-fashioned magnetic recorders. he was supposed to record. i was told see to it that he does not record more than
i'm a great admirer of joe biden. friend has -- [unintelligible] irish poets. >> let me go to charlie cook. am i handing out the microphones or is someone running mics around? joanna? is somebody running them around? no, i guess i am. >> in honoring chairman dingell's longevity because that is easier to measure. but he's had a greater impact on war legislation than any member in congress in history. the story that may kids love hearing and more people can relate to, tell us about...
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saw it was vice president joe biden and mitch mcconnell. guest: i hope it is -- we have moved away from regular order. with the senate, not one appropriations bill went through. my preference is to go through regular order. at is the best route. host: what about filibuster reform? that could be a vote that happens maybe in february. you wouldn't need 60 votes to just consider a vote. allow the legislation to come to the floor. how would you vote on that? guest: i hope we do not change rules that have served well over 200 years. the majority doesn't have its will. if you have a one person majority in the house, you can pretty much control will goes on. that is not the case in the senate. we need a change in behavior. we cannot take away the opportunity for the minority party to have amendments but the minority apartments has to realize you can be dilatory. not changes to the rule. that was considered a few years ago by republicans. wiser heads appealed. host: what do you see as compromise? guest: i introduced legislation with senator kennedy
saw it was vice president joe biden and mitch mcconnell. guest: i hope it is -- we have moved away from regular order. with the senate, not one appropriations bill went through. my preference is to go through regular order. at is the best route. host: what about filibuster reform? that could be a vote that happens maybe in february. you wouldn't need 60 votes to just consider a vote. allow the legislation to come to the floor. how would you vote on that? guest: i hope we do not change rules...
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key is joined by vice president joe biden at this event. -- he is joined by vice president joe biden at this event. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. i tell you what, i did not know jack was as good as he is. jack, if you had done that -- jack, if you had done that, i would be introducing you hear. thank you but all, very, very much. you are all much more disciplined than the place that i lived for 36 years up on the hill. you run ahead of schedule. the president is with me. thank you for being here. we have a lot to work done, from fixing a broken immigration system to rebuilding our nation's infrastructure to this new board everyone in america is learning about "sequester." this town, unlike maybe your capitols, is i hope temporarily frozen and not stopped in intense partisanship, the likes of which i have only seen the last couple of years in my career. but you know, the american people move in different we disagree on some things. the american people have been moved. they know the possibilities for this country are immense. the are no longer traumatized by what was it traumatiz
key is joined by vice president joe biden at this event. -- he is joined by vice president joe biden at this event. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. i tell you what, i did not know jack was as good as he is. jack, if you had done that -- jack, if you had done that, i would be introducing you hear. thank you but all, very, very much. you are all much more disciplined than the place that i lived for 36 years up on the hill. you run ahead of schedule. the president is with me. thank you...
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guest: mitch mcconnell, joe biden. michelle obama is rolling her eyes or making a fence at the inaugural luncheon yesterday when obama and boehner talked behind her. lost betweenlove the two. now at this point you have but the president and boehner committing not to talk to each other about the next big spending fight. not a good sign. host: what will second obama term mean for the court? guest: a lot of big issues, and i suppose there is the possibility of another supreme court appointment, which is always a moment to read-tod litigate social issues. we will look at potentially historic rulings on affirmative action, economic issues, gay marriage, and if he goes ahead on climate change, i do not know if it will get the court, but that will be with just in extreme. i think this -- despite the fact that the president and chief justice managed twice to get through the oath of office without any mistakes of the last couple of days, you are still going to see a huge gulf between the conservative majority of the supreme cou
guest: mitch mcconnell, joe biden. michelle obama is rolling her eyes or making a fence at the inaugural luncheon yesterday when obama and boehner talked behind her. lost betweenlove the two. now at this point you have but the president and boehner committing not to talk to each other about the next big spending fight. not a good sign. host: what will second obama term mean for the court? guest: a lot of big issues, and i suppose there is the possibility of another supreme court appointment,...
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>> i will borrow from joe biden . some of us got to hear the vice -- at at as a conference. this hasart of why taken so long is there are great movements in every century. there are struggles that dominate the conversation. he referred to the civil rights movement. it captivated and swept the united states in a real conversation about civil rights. you got into the 20th century and world wars and totalitarianism and fascism. this was a conversation. that this gender equality issue is going to be conversation.s it has made its way to the forefront. what secretary clinton did by insisting that it be part of american foreign policy, institutionalizing an office for it, you need to galvanize people. it cannot be a little bit here and there. traction,arts to get it is a gigantic conversation. it is a speech with men and women and people from across disciplines and c-span covering it. you know it is part of the foreign-policy conversation. it takes moving it from the periphery to being out there in your face every day. this one is catching on. and we be about laws will argue about
>> i will borrow from joe biden . some of us got to hear the vice -- at at as a conference. this hasart of why taken so long is there are great movements in every century. there are struggles that dominate the conversation. he referred to the civil rights movement. it captivated and swept the united states in a real conversation about civil rights. you got into the 20th century and world wars and totalitarianism and fascism. this was a conversation. that this gender equality issue is...
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c-span's road to the white house kicks off with vice president joe biden. athe is the keynote speaker the jefferson jackson fundraising dinner in south carolina. we will have coverage of that from the annual silver elephant fundraising dinner with newly elected senator ted cruz of texas. c-span's live road to the white house 2016 coverage begins tonight at 7:30 eastern, also c- span radio and c-span.org. massively maden mistakes on defense. the defense budget was not just a waste of money. it was what created the war machine that we have used to create so much havoc in the world and create so much anger and problems throughout the world that were totally unnecessary, that made us an imperial power. that was a real negative. on the other hand, he did stand up for limiting the state. biggovernment, the government, the state is not the solution to every problem. it can way down the private economy. the idea of entrepreneurs, the idea of technological change, the idea that people should make their own decisions without some big nanny in washington -- he stood f
c-span's road to the white house kicks off with vice president joe biden. athe is the keynote speaker the jefferson jackson fundraising dinner in south carolina. we will have coverage of that from the annual silver elephant fundraising dinner with newly elected senator ted cruz of texas. c-span's live road to the white house 2016 coverage begins tonight at 7:30 eastern, also c- span radio and c-span.org. massively maden mistakes on defense. the defense budget was not just a waste of money. it...
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he said potential candidates like hillary clinton, john mccain, joe biden were falling all over themselves to express their support for israel. the only exception to that rule was senator chuck hagel. i don't have anything to go with that with what you might have said but -- some of the concerns -- i used to say when i was the whip in the house you can count on the house and the senate to be among other thing, always pro-israel. i think that is the main stream of our views. i've seen a number of times that you've said you can be pro-israel but that does not mean you have to be for everything that israel is for. they are what they are. they are reported from comments that you made that are out of the context of the other comments. also, earlier today, i asked you about the bloated pentagon. you said that -- those comments were before the sequestration bill passed. they were after the bill passed. sequestration passed on august 2 and the interview was on august 29. what you said on august 29 of -- in that "financial times" interview you said "the defense department, i think -- this is your q
he said potential candidates like hillary clinton, john mccain, joe biden were falling all over themselves to express their support for israel. the only exception to that rule was senator chuck hagel. i don't have anything to go with that with what you might have said but -- some of the concerns -- i used to say when i was the whip in the house you can count on the house and the senate to be among other thing, always pro-israel. i think that is the main stream of our views. i've seen a number...
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biden and we re-authorized it twice. i'm pleased it passed today. i ask unanimous consent to place in the article that was published in the huffington post today and the comments i wasn't able to give today as i had a conflict with another hearing. i'm pleased the bill included two bills that i offered. one, the safer act, with congressman poe, in a bipartisan way, that would process the d.n.a. rape kits that are sitting on shelves across this country gathering dust, they'll process it and hopefully put rapists behind bars and protect women from future assaults from rapists. these particular rapists. and also the campus security act, which would require campuses to keep statistics on violence on the campus and steps they are taking to protect their citizens. also, the trafficking and persons act, to crack down on sex trafficking. it's an important bill. i applaud my colleagues for passing it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i ask
biden and we re-authorized it twice. i'm pleased it passed today. i ask unanimous consent to place in the article that was published in the huffington post today and the comments i wasn't able to give today as i had a conflict with another hearing. i'm pleased the bill included two bills that i offered. one, the safer act, with congressman poe, in a bipartisan way, that would process the d.n.a. rape kits that are sitting on shelves across this country gathering dust, they'll process it and...
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he served in the justice department, and was a counsel to then-senator joe biden. jay johnson was general counsel for the defense department until last year. that gave him a legal overview of everything the u.s. military and defense department was doing, a lot of which we will discuss here. he was a general counsel for the air force and assistant u.s. attorney, hired in new york by rudy giuliani, back in the day. jane harman needs no introduction to anybody here. she is the executive director of the woodrow wilson center. served how many terms in congress? nine terms in congress as ranking member on the house intelligence committee for many years, and then the homeland security committee. anthony romero is the executive director of the aclu, and has been a consistent voice for civil liberties on all the issues we are going to talk about. let us start right off with the nsa program. i know some of it was covered in the previous panel, but i want to get into, with raj, how it actually works. i am talking about the metadata program, which was probably the biggest disc
he served in the justice department, and was a counsel to then-senator joe biden. jay johnson was general counsel for the defense department until last year. that gave him a legal overview of everything the u.s. military and defense department was doing, a lot of which we will discuss here. he was a general counsel for the air force and assistant u.s. attorney, hired in new york by rudy giuliani, back in the day. jane harman needs no introduction to anybody here. she is the executive director...
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vice-president joe biden beginning a trip to east asia with a focus on trade and regional security ties. the vice president will spend several days in india speaking with officials on ways to expand bilateral trade. he will meet this week with business leaders before heading to singapore on thursday. was raised as her mother was raised. the same kind of wife and host this. the home, children, entertainment with style and panache. that was her heritage and did it again in the white house, right after her administration, during the johnson years, the whole world erupted like volcanoes. we had women who went to work and got the forces and demanded equal rights. lover children, and free and free sex. it was great for the young. and i missed all of that. the whole world changed. it became a whole new concept of women. and i think mrs. clinton today represents the new woman. >> as we continue the conversation on first ladies, secretary to jack and kennedy, reporters and others talk about the role of the first lady and how it has changed along with the nation tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span.
vice-president joe biden beginning a trip to east asia with a focus on trade and regional security ties. the vice president will spend several days in india speaking with officials on ways to expand bilateral trade. he will meet this week with business leaders before heading to singapore on thursday. was raised as her mother was raised. the same kind of wife and host this. the home, children, entertainment with style and panache. that was her heritage and did it again in the white house, right...
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and also a trained psychiatrists which has given -- made his insights into joe biden particularly keen and powerful over the last several years. please join me ha once again welcoming charles krauthammer. [applause] >> if i could rebut that. there are kind introductions, there are nice introductions. the nice ones are rather list your achievements. they get a notarized copy and they send it to your mother. the kind ones are where they leave stuff out. you just heard a kind introduction because what ridge left out was that i was once a speech writer. people ask me, how do you go from walter mondale the fox news? -- to fox news? the answer is simple, i was young once. the national review has done tremendous work. i would love to be anywhere where juan williams can't interrupt me. [applause] i will be sure to tell him how you feel. >> i will start us off. i will throw several questions that you for a while and we will open up the floor for questions. let me start with the broadest question possible. you wrote a famous essay after the 2008 election about how decline is a choice. you focuse
and also a trained psychiatrists which has given -- made his insights into joe biden particularly keen and powerful over the last several years. please join me ha once again welcoming charles krauthammer. [applause] >> if i could rebut that. there are kind introductions, there are nice introductions. the nice ones are rather list your achievements. they get a notarized copy and they send it to your mother. the kind ones are where they leave stuff out. you just heard a kind introduction...
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her earlier today, joe biden talked about iran and united states' interests in the middle east. >> it is not only in israel's that iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon, it is in the interest of the united states of america. it is simple. [applause] as a matter of fact, it is in the interest of the entire world. acquisition of a nuclear weapon, not only would present an existential threat to israel, it would present a threat to our allies and partners and to the united states. an arms race inger the region and make the world whole lot less stable. we have a shared strategic commitment. let me make clear what that commitment is. it is to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon,. . -- weapone, period. prevent, not contain, prevent. [applause] the president flatly stated that, and as many of you have heard me say, and he always gets me about this -- we will be in a security room and i know that debbie wasserman schultz knows this, he always says, you turn to other people, and says, as joe would say, big nations cannot bluff. a big nation cannot bluff. and presidents of the united s
her earlier today, joe biden talked about iran and united states' interests in the middle east. >> it is not only in israel's that iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon, it is in the interest of the united states of america. it is simple. [applause] as a matter of fact, it is in the interest of the entire world. acquisition of a nuclear weapon, not only would present an existential threat to israel, it would present a threat to our allies and partners and to the united states. an arms...
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[bell tolls] [taps playing] host: president obama, first lady michelle obama, vice president joe biden and dr. jill biden, along with the white house staff and our country's military, observing a moment of silence today at 8:46 a.m., marking the attack of the -- marking the terrorist attacks on september 11, 2001, 12 years ago, when the first tower in new york was hit simultaneously up in new york, they, too, that city observing this anniversary 12 years ago at the site of the memorial in new york city with families and crowds gathering there. they'll be reading the names of the victims from the 2001 terrorist attacks. and we will have coverage of that as well. if you go to our website, c-span.org, and we'll be covering the pentagon memorial that will take place at 9:30 a.m. eastern time on c-span3, the president expected to attend that memorial as well, and this afternoon the president will be taking part in a service project to mark the anniversary. back in studio here with congressman raul grijalva, democrat of arizona. let's just get your thoughts, congressman. 12 years later after
[bell tolls] [taps playing] host: president obama, first lady michelle obama, vice president joe biden and dr. jill biden, along with the white house staff and our country's military, observing a moment of silence today at 8:46 a.m., marking the attack of the -- marking the terrorist attacks on september 11, 2001, 12 years ago, when the first tower in new york was hit simultaneously up in new york, they, too, that city observing this anniversary 12 years ago at the site of the memorial in new...
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biden and his wife, jill, in attendance, as is former secretary of state hillary clinton. watch our live coverage over on c-span2. next up on c-span we'll take you live to the house floor. they are taking up today 20914 homeland security spending bill. $47 billion which includes $5.6 billion for emergency disaster relief, and it increases by 7% funding for customs and border protection. votes later today. live coverage of the house here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer offered by our guest chaplain, reverend thomas eliott, canyon united meth dividend church in georgia -- methodist church in georgia. the chaplain: gracious god, you are the hope and end of all creation. through your love and mercy, you give us life and freedom. you bless us with an abundance of resources. you invite us to faith. we thank you for your presence and pray that you will guide us in the work you seek to accomplish. forgive us our indulgences and selfishness, remove the prejudice, hatred and contempt that divide us. govern our thoughts with liberty and justice for all.
biden and his wife, jill, in attendance, as is former secretary of state hillary clinton. watch our live coverage over on c-span2. next up on c-span we'll take you live to the house floor. they are taking up today 20914 homeland security spending bill. $47 billion which includes $5.6 billion for emergency disaster relief, and it increases by 7% funding for customs and border protection. votes later today. live coverage of the house here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the...
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vice president joe biden and attorney general eric holder holding a press conference in the nation's capitol. they will be urging congress to take up the senate bill, and they will also be joined by law enforcement officials. that's at 2:00 p.m. eastern over on c-span3. also on capitol hill, more coverage this afternoon here on c-span. sylvia, president obama's pick to be his next budget director, and she appears before the senate government affairs committee during her confirmation hearing this afternoon. she's a former deputy budget director during the clindon at mferings and currently serving as the president of the wal-mart foundation. that hearing at 2:30 eastern and again that will be here on c-span3. on c-span, rather. over on c-span3 at 3:00 p.m. eastern, the i.r.s.'s acting commissioner testifies before house subcommittee on his agency's 2014 budget. $12 billion.bout testifying at 3:00 on c-span3. next up, a discussion on iran's nuclear program and the role of the international community. we heard remarks from the director general of the international atomic energy agency du
vice president joe biden and attorney general eric holder holding a press conference in the nation's capitol. they will be urging congress to take up the senate bill, and they will also be joined by law enforcement officials. that's at 2:00 p.m. eastern over on c-span3. also on capitol hill, more coverage this afternoon here on c-span. sylvia, president obama's pick to be his next budget director, and she appears before the senate government affairs committee during her confirmation hearing...
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its passage led by then-senator joe biden, was a watershed moment in our history. in the years since, we have come together in a bipartisan way to re-authorize and expand the reach of this law. now we must do it again. the last congress had the opportunity to take this action. the senate passed a strong bill with a bipartisan vote of 68-31. 68-31. yet house republicans refused to bring the senate's bipartisan bill to the floor, leaving millions without a critical line of defense against domestic violence. this congress has a chance to correct the mistake without further delay. today with 158 co-sponsors and counting, that's in the house, including every woman democrat in the house, democrats are re-introducing the re-authorization of the violence against women act which would expand protections to lgbt, immigrants and native americans. this has bipartisan support in the senate, including key women senators. it is bipartisan. and time for the house republicans to join suit and join the senate in a bipartisan backing of this measure. failure to enact this bill would
its passage led by then-senator joe biden, was a watershed moment in our history. in the years since, we have come together in a bipartisan way to re-authorize and expand the reach of this law. now we must do it again. the last congress had the opportunity to take this action. the senate passed a strong bill with a bipartisan vote of 68-31. 68-31. yet house republicans refused to bring the senate's bipartisan bill to the floor, leaving millions without a critical line of defense against...
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five democrats to not vote for it and still pass it, and in that case you would need vice president joe biden to break the time. -- the thai. .- tie there is pent-up frustration on the republican side about no real budget debate over four years. once it is passed, a lot of people will feel better. democrats will say we passed a budget, republicans get to complain about the budget month but from there it is hard to see how the senate budget reconciles with the house budget. we are not aware that there will be an effort to bring them together and it is hard to imagine how they will marry them because they move in opposite directions. host: what happens after congress comes back from their break? what will you be watching for? guest: we will look for what is next in their agenda. they get to move to a regular schedule. a gunnate may take up bill. the house will be looking at more job-related programs. we have been told the house will look at a bill to make it easier, making life easier for hourly employees if they get sick or have a emergency, to give themselves time to take time off from
five democrats to not vote for it and still pass it, and in that case you would need vice president joe biden to break the time. -- the thai. .- tie there is pent-up frustration on the republican side about no real budget debate over four years. once it is passed, a lot of people will feel better. democrats will say we passed a budget, republicans get to complain about the budget month but from there it is hard to see how the senate budget reconciles with the house budget. we are not aware that...
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mitch mcconnell, harry reid, vice president joe biden all metadata and we are going to take you to a briefing with nancy pelosi. it should happen any moment. we will take you up to the capital when it does. but let's get to phone calls. we have folks waiting. jim on our democrats line. are you there? >> yes. >> go ahead. >> i feel our government has failed us. they keep talking about wanting to get the money back into the country. all they have to do is rebuild the electrical grid, the piping systems. nuclear power plants. rebuild the rail system. rebuild the steel mills, oil refineries, chemical plants. right now we are in a terrible condition. cutting the poor, edit -- elderly, kids, that will not help us. what they have done is terrible. i cannot believe that people are supposed to run our country and would just walk away from their jobs. if the rest of us to do, we would be fired. they do it on a grand basis. and then pretend like it is all right. they should be ashamed. >> let's hear from kansas, debbie on the independent line. >> hi. i just wanted to say that i think the govern
mitch mcconnell, harry reid, vice president joe biden all metadata and we are going to take you to a briefing with nancy pelosi. it should happen any moment. we will take you up to the capital when it does. but let's get to phone calls. we have folks waiting. jim on our democrats line. are you there? >> yes. >> go ahead. >> i feel our government has failed us. they keep talking about wanting to get the money back into the country. all they have to do is rebuild the electrical...
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let me begin by thanking our vice president, joe biden. for your dedication, joe, to this issue, for bringing so many different voices to the table. because while reducing gun violence is a complicated challenge, protecting our children from harm shouldn't be a divisive one. over the month since the tragedy in newtown, we've heard from so many and obviously none have affected us more than the families of those gorgeous children and their teachers and guardians who were lost. and so we're grateful to all of you for taking the time to be here and recognizing that we honor their memories in part by doing everything we can to prevent this from happening again. but we also heard from some unexpected people. in particular, i started getting a lot of letters from kids. four of them are here today. grant fritz, julia stokes and teja good. they're pretty representative of some of the messages that i got. these are some pretty smart letters from some pretty smart young people. hina, a third grader, you can go ahead and wave. that's you. hina wrote,
let me begin by thanking our vice president, joe biden. for your dedication, joe, to this issue, for bringing so many different voices to the table. because while reducing gun violence is a complicated challenge, protecting our children from harm shouldn't be a divisive one. over the month since the tragedy in newtown, we've heard from so many and obviously none have affected us more than the families of those gorgeous children and their teachers and guardians who were lost. and so we're...
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biden. or harry reid. so now the leaders are in a position of flipping their positions. the republicans were threatening it eight years ago i guess it was. 2005. on judges. and we spoke against it. i spoke against it. i can't just say now we're in the majority. so now it's ok for the majority to change the rules of the senate whenever it wants at will? as arthur vanderberg said. i don't know if i answer your question. let me ask you a question. if i didn't answer your question, please repeat it. the answer is -- there was no specific progress last night but hopefully the seeds of progress were planted that a whole bunch of folks, including a whole bunch of democrats, urged our leaders to find a way to avoid this. >> second part of my question. you said most people probably don't believe, care much about progress. i suspect that's true for the people of detroit. and n't you agree that you senator stabenow, including your brother, would be better off devoting most of their time to helping detr
biden. or harry reid. so now the leaders are in a position of flipping their positions. the republicans were threatening it eight years ago i guess it was. 2005. on judges. and we spoke against it. i spoke against it. i can't just say now we're in the majority. so now it's ok for the majority to change the rules of the senate whenever it wants at will? as arthur vanderberg said. i don't know if i answer your question. let me ask you a question. if i didn't answer your question, please repeat...
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of these remarks by vice president biden to bring you live coverage now of the u.s. house and the rest of his comments online at c-span.org. members returning to the house chamber now to vote on the homeland security appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014. live to the house floor. of the senate on june 6, 2013, at 9:32 a.m., that the senate agreed to senate resolution 161. signed sincerely, karen l.a. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 243 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 2217. will the gentleman from illinois, mr. hultgren, kindly esume the chair? the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 2217 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of homeland security for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2014, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, the bill ha
of these remarks by vice president biden to bring you live coverage now of the u.s. house and the rest of his comments online at c-span.org. members returning to the house chamber now to vote on the homeland security appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014. live to the house floor. of the senate on june 6, 2013, at 9:32 a.m., that the senate agreed to senate resolution 161. signed sincerely, karen l.a. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 243 and rule 18, the chair...
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in 1985 ted kennedy, harry reid, joe biden all supported giving public sector employees the flexibility to choose comp time. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to support this bill. i cannot think of a better mother's day gift. this is something we can do right now to help families at a time when they need it most. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from north carolina yields back. the gentleman from connecticut is recognized. mr. courtney: thank you, mr. speaker. i now recognize the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. maloney, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized for one minute. mrs. maloney: i thank the gentleman for his leadership in yielding. i rise in opposition to the republican party's working families flexibility act. it should be named the fake flexibility act. it's failure to advertise truthfully. if you were true, you would call it the more work and less pay act. and under this bill workers would lose the basic guarantees of fair pay for overtime work and time off from work under the fair labo
in 1985 ted kennedy, harry reid, joe biden all supported giving public sector employees the flexibility to choose comp time. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to support this bill. i cannot think of a better mother's day gift. this is something we can do right now to help families at a time when they need it most. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from north carolina yields back. the gentleman from connecticut is recognized. mr. courtney: thank you,...